Yeah David, your body is still recovering from MAJOR surgery and you aren't getting many calories in. Be sure to weigh/measure your food to be sure you don't do harm to your pouch.

Have a great day!

 Greetings all,

I had my 2-week follow-up appointment on Friday, and it went well.  Dr. Toder released me back into the wild (ie, told me I could go back to work full-time on Monday), and let me go back to the Y to go swimming again.  Yay!

I went swimming on Sunday, and it was great to be able to stretch my body out in the water, and get some laps in.  I really enjoyed that.  It was worth the wait.

Sunday afternoon, I think I ate a bit to much, and paid the consequence for that (I ate 7oz, which, as it turns out, was to much...)  I was in a lot of pain for a few hours, until it passed.  But I'm doing better now.

Came back to work yesterday.  I was really surprised how quickly I got tired, and how fast my energy ran out.  The morning was okay, but by noon, I was wiped out.  My mid-afternoon, I felt dead on my feet.  I was never so to get home and lay down.  I went to bed at 8:30, and was asleep by 9:00 or so, sleeping until 6:30 this morning (save waking up for about 6-7 trips to the bathroom between midnight and 3am.)

I got to work okay this morning, but my energy went even faster.  I don't know how I even made it to 11am.  I'm still hanging in there, but I'm not sure what's keeping me going.  I could seriously put my head down on my desk, and take a nap.  Kindergarten anyone?

The scale says I lost 3lbs since yesterday.  And one pound each of the two days before that.  I am averaging about 700 calories a day, and about 65 grams of protein.  My caloric deficit is about 3,500 calories a day.

Other than being exhausted, I feel pretty good.  Our employee health office told me, both yesterday and today, that I looked a little pale.  I'm not sure why that is, but, I certainly feel a little pale.

Hope everyone is doing well.  Take care,

-David

       I did it...I survived my gastric sleeve surgery yesterday. It took a lot longer than then expected as Dr. Toder found a hernia on my stomach and needed to fix that too. Yes I am in pain, but its manageable and like you all said walking does help. Today I began my 30cc's of water every hour and am able to keep up so far. Dr. Toder came to see me and said if I can tolerate the protein shake tomorrow then I can most likely go home tomorrow!!! Thanks for all the support, this is a new journey for me and I will need all the support I can get. Thanks, Sasha

  Thank you for listing these books, i am going to look into them! Sasha

 Well Deb,
I have to say I don't know what the dietician was thinking saying you have not lost enough at this point. Bull, you look awesome and look at all the weight you have lost in such a short time.  Could you have ever done this on your own in that amount of time?  Don't let them discourage you, you are doing awesome.  Sometimes I think the dieticians need to think before they speak. Remarks like that can really do more harm then good.  I may have been really drugged up that night because I had my surgery on Monday but I could still see how great you were looking, double vision and all. LOL  JK You rock!

Hugs
Kim